Is 4x5 m a good living room size?

It's the sweet spot for one seating group: a full 3-seat sofa, an armchair and a TV wall with proper distances, without the room turning into a corridor of furniture. Two seating groups start to work at about 25 m².

Where should the sofa go in a rectangular room?

On a long wall, not floating: at 20 m² a floating sofa costs you a walkway. Keep its back within 10 cm of the wall and give the opposite wall to the screen.

Can I swap pieces in this plan?

Open it in the editor and drag anything: the catalog has more sofas, tables and storage. The room, windows and door come along, already measured.

Room layouts/Living room, 4×5 m

A 4×5 m living room arranged around the light

Twenty square meters is where a living room stops being about fitting things in and starts being about conversation. This plan angles the armchair toward the sofa and leaves both windows unblocked.

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Room size

4 × 5 m

Floor area

20 m²

Furniture pieces

What's in this layout

Piece	Qty	Footprint
Lounge sofa (3-seat)	1	2.28 × 0.95 m
Coffee table	1	1.10 × 0.60 m
Armchair	1	0.85 × 0.85 m
TV stand	1	1.60 × 0.40 m
Flat-screen TV (55")	1	1.23 × 0.06 m
Sideboard	1	1.60 × 0.45 m
Square side table	1	0.55 × 0.55 m
Cone floor lamp	1	0.38 × 0.38 m

Why this layout works

01Sofa on the west wall, TV on the east: the 3.1 m between them suits screens up to 65 inches.
02The armchair sits at an angle facing the sofa, not the TV: seating groups that face each other get used.
03The sideboard lives under the north window: at 85 cm tall it clears the 90 cm sill exactly.
04Both walk routes, door to window and door to sofa, stay 80 cm or wider the whole way.

Clearances to keep

Rules of thumb this layout respects. Full dimensions guide

80-90 cm main walkway from the door, along the sofa, to the north window.
45 cm from sofa to coffee table; 60 cm from armchair to table corner.
The TV sits 3.1 m from the sofa: 2.5-3 times the diagonal of a 60-65 inch screen.

Things people ask

Is 4x5 m a good living room size?: It's the sweet spot for one seating group: a full 3-seat sofa, an armchair and a TV wall with proper distances, without the room turning into a corridor of furniture. Two seating groups start to work at about 25 m².
Where should the sofa go in a rectangular room?: On a long wall, not floating: at 20 m² a floating sofa costs you a walkway. Keep its back within 10 cm of the wall and give the opposite wall to the screen.
Can I swap pieces in this plan?: Open it in the editor and drag anything: the catalog has more sofas, tables and storage. The room, windows and door come along, already measured.

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